Iguazu Falls, Brazil - Argentina

The next place we visited on our trip to South America was Iguazu Fall.

 

The immensity of these falls makes it hard to describe. More than 240 individual falls are in a horseshoe shaped array fed by a river more than 2 km wide. The park has a trail system which enables you to view the falls from several places. There is also a boat ride that will give you a view that you'll remember. We were lucky to see Iguazu from both Brazilian and Argentinean sides. They are different, but both are worth seeing. A spectacular place – just look at couple of a hundred pictures we took! On November 11 of 2011, Iguazu Falls was announced as one of the seven winners of the New Seven Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation.

 

Another great experience was the visit to Triple Frontier -the tri-border region where the borders of 3 countries meet: Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. While there are many triple borders in the world, this in particular is formed naturally by the convergence of two rivers - the Parana River and the Iguassu River.

 At the convergence of the borders, each of the three bordering countries has erected an obelisk, painted in the national colors of the country in which it is located. We saw all three countries from the Argentine side, which is most accessible for tourists because this landmark is very close to the urban area of Puerto Iguazu, less than 2 km from the center. It is dated 1903 - year of the border treaty with Brazil.

I’d like to add that there are more than 150 tri-points around the world. If you are interested in learning about them, please go to http://twistedsifter.com/2012/05/famous-tripoints-around-the-world/.

Who knows, maybe you decided to visit one of them.